Members of Congress asks HHS for quick delivery of COVID-19 relief funds to Medicaid providers following...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2020
A bipartisan group of lawmakers placed a June 10 deadline on a request for the Department of Health and Human Services to quickly distribute COVID-19 relief funding to Medicaid providers.
Feds accelerate plan to offer coronavirus vaccines in pharmacies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 07, 2021
After criticism over the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to long-term care facilities and elsewhere, the federal government said it is taking “immediate action” to lay out ways for states to speed...
Supreme Court, in victory for senior housing provider, allows employers to opt out of contraception coverage
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 09, 2020
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Wednesday that employers with religious or moral objections to birth control do not have to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act. The...
Bipartisan group of 25 senators supports additional COVID aid for senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 15, 2021
Twenty-five U.S. senators have signed on to a letter asking that some of the $23 billion remaining in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund be dedicated to...
Long-term care residents remain on top of priority list for COVID-19 vaccine
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 25, 2020
Older adults living in long-term care facilities moved down on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 vaccination priority last, following healthcare workers, essential workers and...
COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics show promising results in older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 03, 2020
With the promise of COVID-19 treatments on the horizon, members of the Trump administration’s vaccine and therapeutics development team are touting the efficacy of the potential vaccines and antibody...
Senior living, skilled nursing leaders call for vaccine prioritization of older adults, caregivers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2020
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee set to vote today on the first priority groups to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, major aging services organizations are calling on...
State of senior living reveals resilience, opportunity, strength
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 12, 2021
Opportunity called, and it’s time for change. Tom Meyers, senior managing director of specialty investment bank Ziegler, used that phrase during a “State of Senior Living 2021” webinar Tuesday with...
People in the news, June 23
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 23, 2020
Appointments and promotions at AG Architecture, Cadence Living, Claiborne Senior Living, Consulate Health Care, Green Courte Partners, Lighthouse Senior Living, MediTelecare, the Watermark at Brooklyn...
Now is the time for older adults, their caregivers: aging services leaders
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 11, 2021
As the country waits for action on the historic $1.75 trillion social spending bill, long-term care advocates are ramping up campaigns angling to refocus attention on the sector.